The board approved creation and filling of a new position, “Dean of Enrollment.”

The board approved a grant from the State of California from General Child Care California State Preschool Programs totaling in the amount of $328,939. The funds will be immediately utilized to subcontract with St. Elizabeth Day Care Home to provide child care assistance to registered SJCC students that previously utilized the Child Development Center services.

The board approved the final submission of San Jose City College’s follow up reports to be submitted to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.

Rita Cepeda, SJECCD Chancellor, noted that the state’s income to date has fallen well below the original income estimate that shaped the state’s budget, but that the district factored in a state income short fall when the district established its 2011-2012 budget. Barring any further decline from the state’s original estimates, SJECCD should not have to make any further cuts in instructional sections or service.

Support Pink
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month started as a week-long event in Oct. 1985 to fill in the voids for the public. NBCAM founding members of the Board of Sponsors were the American Academy of Family Physicians, AstraZeneca Healthcare Foundation and CancerCare, Inc. They spent the week passing out pamphlets, talking to news media and an US congressional committee about the crucial need for widespread access to mammography.

In the past 25 years they have come forward to spreading awareness not only during October but year-round. The color pink is the awareness color for breast cancer during the month of October it is shown in many ways in support of NBCAM. They now have several organizations working to spread awareness and offer screening services.

Local shorts at Santana Row
Santana Row’s CineArts Theater is hosting the San Jose Short Film Festival for the second year from Oct. 20 to Oct. 23.

Sarah Klaren, Assistant Festival Director of the San Jose Short Film Festival, wrote in an email that the films will be shown in blocks arranged according to such themes as “Welcome to the Alternate Universe” and “Another Slice of Life,” costing $12 for a block.

There are also workshops and interviews for those interested in the creation of short films included in the price of the ticket.